KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A father was sentenced Friday to 29 years for killing his 3-year-old daughter, whose body was found in a wooded area of Kansas City, Kansas, in 2020.

The prison term for Howard Jansen III, 30, was handed down during a hearing in Wyandotte County District Court, the Kansas City Star reported.

Jansen pleaded no contest last month to charges of second-degree murder, child abuse, aggravated child endangerment and interfering with a law enforcement investigation. His girlfriend, Jacqulyn Kirkpatrick, is serving a 31-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in November to...